The San Diego Toreros' Men's Basketball forward Rob Jones, in the midst of an incredibly successful season that saw San Diego upset West Coast Conference powerhouse Gonzaga for the conference title followed by a first round upset of University of Connecticut, is making a new name for himself and his family. His grandfather, Jim Jones, former leader of the Peoples Temple Cult, is widely known as the orchestrator of the Jonestown mass suicide in the South American jungles of Guyana.
Jones' father, Jim Jones Jr., was the famed cult leader's adopted son, and was absent from the day of mass suicide because of his participation on a traveling basketball team. Since that time, Jim Jones Jr. has held a sense of guilt due to basketball, but his son, Rob, has helped to ease that pain. Needless to say, as common as the name "Jones" is, this family has a very interesting family history.
See full article here.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment